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JetBrains with Continue and Keeptrusts

Continue uses the same YAML model configuration in its JetBrains and VS Code extensions.

Configure a local secret​

Put the model-client token in a git-ignored Continue environment file, such as ~/.continue/.env:

KEEPTRUSTS_IDE_TOKEN=<client-api-token>

The IDE extension does not inherit an arbitrary interactive shell environment, so restart the IDE after changing this file.

Configure the model​

name: Keeptrusts
version: 1.0.0
schema: v1

models:
  - name: Keeptrusts Chat
    provider: openai
    model: gpt-5.4-mini
    apiBase: http://127.0.0.1:41002/v1
    apiKey: ${{ secrets.KEEPTRUSTS_IDE_TOKEN }}
    roles:
      - chat
      - edit
      - apply

Use a model returned by /v1/models. Continue's deprecated config.json examples and generic IDE proxy settings are not part of this integration.

See Continue's config reference for the current format.

Verify​

Select Keeptrusts Chat, send a request, and confirm it in kt events tail --since 10m --follow.

Next steps​